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Doctor Who: Castrovalva

1982 · ★ 8

The Doctor needs somewhere peaceful to recover from his traumatic regeneration. But the sanctuary of Castrovalva is not all it seems, as the Master will stop at nothing to gain his revenge over the Doctor...

The Purse Snatcher

1995 · ★ 6.5

Alex is very close to his elderly grandmother partly because his busy parents seem to have little or no time for him. One day he surprises two boys from his school leaving her house and is shocked to find her tied up inside – they have robbed her! Alex is sworn to secrecy as his gran is worried that her daughter will think her incompetent. This secret leads Alex into trouble as the two boys accost him in the street and bully him into becoming a pickpocket ("tasjesdief") for them, mugging old ladies. Alex learns how to deal with this situation in the end.

Circus Performers at the North Pole

1984 · ★ 7.8

In the sequel to Saltimbancii (1981), Fram the polar bear and the performing Marcellonis weather plotting competetors, bumbling kidnappers and family tragedy in this entertaining family film.

Doctor Who: Snakedance

1983 · ★ 5

Tegan falls once more under the influence of the Mara and directs the TARDIS to the planet Manussa. There, the Federator's son Lon and his mother Tanha are preparing for a ceremony to celebrate the banishment of the Mara five hundred years earlier. The Mara takes control of Lon and uses him and Tegan to obtain from Ambril, the Director of Historical Research, the 'Great Crystal' - the large blue stone that originally brought it into being by focusing energy from the minds of the planet's one-time inhabitants. The Mara now plans to use the crystal during the ceremony to bring about its return to corporeal existence.

Doctor Who: Enlightenment

1983 · ★ 7.7

An Edwardian yacht in deep space races around the planets. There is a double agent in the TARDIS crew. The White Guardian warns the Fifth Doctor of great danger. Turlough must finally choose sides and at the end of the race lies the prize of Enlightenment.

The Acorn People

1981 · ★ 3.7

An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.

Jill, Joy and the Mysterious Stranger

2017 · ★ 6

A new orphanage opens near Jill and Joy's house, and a boy named Pekki runs away from there. Pekki ends up living in Jill and Joy's cabin and tells the girls how bleak life is in the orphanage under the strict command of the headmistress Minna Pinna.

Wolpertinger

Deep in a forest in Upper Bavaria, 12-year-old Lisa stumbles upon something that shouldn't really exist: a wolpertinger! The fluffy mythical creature not only has a penchant for causing involuntary chaos—it also possesses miraculous healing powers. Lisa hopes to use its blood to save her mother, who is in the hospital after an accident. Together with her friends, she sets off for the city and embarks on the wildest adventure of her life...

Galathea

1935 · ★ 7

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

1991 · ★ 6.2

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants. Meanwhile Splinter is coming... to a decision.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990 · ★ 6.7

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

1993 · ★ 5.5

The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.